Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 36847
Planning Authorities: Staff
Tabled: 10 March 2025
Answered: 17 March 2025
Question
Pippa Heylings
Liberal Democrat — South Cambridgeshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing funding to local authorities to support attracting and retaining senior planners.
Answer
Matthew PennycookAttracting and retaining senior planners in local planning authority (LPA) planning departments is vital not only to maintaining a proactive, efficient planning service for local communities, but also to ensuring that new developments are well designed an...
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